My DH keeps shooting down all my name suggestions, are they really that bad?

[Awhimsy]

We may be expecting a child soon, so we have been stewing upon possible names. My recommendations have been Campbell if it's a girl (Not exactly as tribute to our insignificantly small Scottish heritage, more-so because I just really like the sound of it!) and Renn if it's a boy. Are these bad? I've thrown around the idea of Casimir, or Cassidy, but none of them seem to stick with him, is this a me issue?

Oh, come on, it's a really well known classic film.

Aspen is fine - though a bit niche and maybe bo-bo. Unlikely in the UK anyone would pick up on the first syllable - we say 'arse' and an 'ass' is a donkey - because the first syllable of the name is short and soft, whereas 'ass' is hard and long.

Do you have a hoarding problem, or are you looking around your house for inspiration and coming across tins of soup and cans of paint?

Looking around me for inspiration, how about Cat-tree-owner

I’d definitely say so. I don’t think anyone around Glasgow is naming their child Paisley. I think it’d be like being from Manchester and naming your child Bolton.

I never claimed it was a very popular name, just a possible option that was better than Campbell for a girl. Like I say, type it into FB or IG and you will see there are women out there with the name. Existing. What a strange thing to have to defend 😂

Ass might be hard and long, and Arse traditionally UK, but The Internet. Children have heard of Ass, believe me.

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This! I would be pissed off if my parents had named me after my dad's job. Why is his job and acknowledging it more important than your child? And giving them a nice name? Never hear something so stupid. Imagine being a grown adult and having to explain your name is something to do with your dad's job 50 years ago. Absolutely bizarre.

@Mumtobabyhavoc , it's a nice surname. It's ACAF as a first name.
The film was inspired by a real person. Film remakes happen.

MNers seem to think that today's generation will have no general knowledge whatsoever.

Gone with the Wind was filmed in 1939 but people have heard of it. My parents weren't born then.

Thank goodness we never thought of it. 'These are our DC, Ford and Tesco'

I've never heard any Campbell getting called Soupy. And I've come across a fair few Campbells in my time.

But it's absolutely a man's name. Certainly not a womans name.

I’m with your husband.

You need to buy a name book and each of you go through with a different coloured highlighter and highlight the names you like, then discuss the ones with a double highlight.

I can only think of Bonnie as a dog’s name, probably because we had a Bonnie for 14 years.

I do think that Campbell would work better for a male and Renn for a female.

I like Cassidy.

In Scotland Bonnie is a description not a name.
I believe it might be an Egyptian? Male name or nickname. Purely based on Rangers having a goalkeeper Bonnie Ginzburg at some point in the 90s

Of all the Campbell's I've ever known I've never once heard anyone mention soup.

What about Anna, OP? @Awhimsy

No, you’re 100% right! I was actually seriously considering having another child and was holding Bonnie so tightly in my heart to use - then my MIL got a new dog and named her Bonnie! 😂 Ended up deciding against trying for a third. I’d have used Bonnibel officially. But you’re right, it’s another not popular name (except for pets) but I got the impression OP was looking for the less popular ones when I made that quick list this morning!

Naming after a job is a first for me, even on here! I think it would be extremely risky. Suppose you call your child Renn and DH loses his job under dreadful circumstances? You're stuck with that reminder of the awful time for life and your child is stuck with it for even longer...

Short for Bonnibel as a full name, which I think is French? But Bonnie for short as a Scottish nod makes for a very bonnie name.

Bonnibel. Jesus. I'd have been at the deed poll office the minute I was old enough.

The only two Bonnie's I have ever come across are Bonnie the Blue Peter dog 🐕 (one of Golides pups if you are a certain vintage)

And Bonnie Ginzburg who Ive just looked up and was Israeli not Egyptian actually named Ben Zion.

No Bonnie Tyler? 😆

Ok I'd forgotten about her. I don't even know how I remember the footballer.

What was her actual name?

Gaynor

Which incidentally, is another name I would have thought to be wildly unpopular? I found it decades ago, when naming my own kids, and thought “that is NOT real” but I now know 4 Gaynor’s in my personal life! Each of them incredible women.

Blimey, Bonnibel sounds like the Lidl version of a small round mild cheese coated in red wax.